CrPC 469 — Commencement of the period of limitation

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Statutory text

(1) The  period  of  limitation,  in  relation  to  an  offender, shall commence,—
(a) on the date of the offence; or
(b) where  the  commission of the  offence  was not known to the  person aggrieved by the  offence or to any
police  officer,  the  first  day  on  which  such  offence  comes  to  the  knowledge  of  such  person  or  to  any  police
officer, whichever is earlier; or
(c) where it is not known by whom the offence was committed, the first day on which the identity of the
offender is  known to the  person aggrieved by the  offence  or to the  police  officer  making investigation into the offence, whichever is earlier.
(2) In computing the said period, the day from which such period is to be computed shall be excluded.

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